Living the Liminal

“Four And Twenty Blackbirds” (Cherie Priest)
Summary: Eden sees ghosts, but the three that haunt her life most are benevolent guardians killed in a tragedy long before Eden was born. When she goes on a quest to find out about the mother and father she never knew, Eden finds that her own story begins in the [...]

She has a new cd out and you can listen to the full album at her site: JenniferMinuto.com
You can then buy it in MP3 format from Digstation.com encoded at 192 kbps VBR and that includes album art and liner notes.

Listening to Radio Paradise after uploading the new episode of Letters to Lost Friends, and David Bowie’s “Life on Mars” is playing. Damn but this is a good song:

So I’ve been remiss in writing here in part because I’m starting a new project called “Letters to Lost Friends.” This is going to be my first podcast and I’m hoping to get the first, introductory episode out by Thursday and follow that with a weekly release schedule. I promise I’ll not forsake my Liminal [...]

I put together some theme music for imaginary podcasts and posted it over on the Sound Design page. All three tracks are free and completely composed of Garageband loops except for some of the melody on the ethereal track.
All I ask in return is credit if you use them. I will also compose themes upon [...]

Thanks to Neil Gaiman for turning me on to Mitch Benn:

There’s more over on YouTube, but these were my favorites.

An exciting development in the fight against HIV/AIDS:

Stephen Barr, a molecular virologist in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, says his team has identified a gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection in a cell culture by preventing the assembly of the virus.
“When we put this gene in cells, it prevents the assembly [...]

Just cause I think he will enjoy it, I wanted to share a song with Jo Cose from a trippy band called Circus Contraption.
The Odditorium

If you are in the Seattle area, definitely check them out live. Other people should buy their music from CD Baby. This track comes from their album Grand American Traveling Dime [...]

Seeing as I have been posting about my new operating system, I think this video is entirely appropriate:

Via SF Signal
(Update: oh, and by the way, Donny Osmond = freakin’ brilliant!)

Technorati Tags: donny osmond, nerdy, seth green, weird al, youtube

So, are you the type of person who, at a party, makes the rounds, constantly on the move to chat, to flirt, to, well, whatever, with as many people in as short a time as possible.
I’m not. I’m the type that finds a corner and hangs out there. Sometimes alone, sometimes with a few others. [...]